Child Abuse and Neglect

Physical Abuse:

• Scalding a child with hot water

• Slapping, hitting, shaking or shoving

• Beating w/belt, shoe, or other object

• Pulling a child’s hair

• Burning w/lighter, match, cigarette, iron

• Breaking a child’s bones

• Locking a child in a closet or imprisonment

• Painful punishment: kneeling, standing for a long time

Sexual abuse:

• Using a child in pornography

• Having intercourse or oral sex w/child

• Fondling a child’s genitals

• Having a child touch another person’s genitals

• Showing x-rated material to a child

  Emotional:

• Conveying that a child is worthless

• Terrorizing a child

• Witnessing domestic violence

• Not allowing child to have friends

• Name calling

• Not allowing child to eat, drink, use bathroom

  Neglect:

• Leaving a child alone

• Leaving a child in a place that is not safe

• Lack of attention

• Not providing clothing, food, or shelter

• Not providing necessary medical Attention

• Not providing appropriate schooling

• Not providing protection from hazards

Shaken baby syndrome: Permanent brain damage, paralysis, blindness, seizures, developmental delays, broken bones, death.

Failure to thrive: Can be an outcome of emotional abuse or lack of emotional care (holding, rocking, singing, touching, and loving) that occurs during infancy and early childhood. This can cause an infant or child’s weight to drop below the fifth percentile

Abandoning a child means to give up and leave child,

neglect means to pay little or no attention to child’s needs or not being able to meet them.

Mandated reporter: someone who knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that a child is abused, abandoned, or neglected by a parent, legal custodian, caregiver, or person responsible for the child’s welfare shall report such knowledge or suspicion to the department. Example: teacher, nurse, physician, social worker ect.